Senate approves deal to reverse spike in student loan rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate on Wednesday approved a bipartisan deal to reverse a recent spike in interest rates on millions of new federal student loans.
Weiner defiant amid calls to quit New York mayoral bid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anthony Weiner resisted mounting calls to bow out of the New York City mayoral race on Wednesday, a day after admitting he had continued the sexually charged online chats that led him to resign from Congress in disgrace two years a…
House rejects bid to curb U.S. spy agency’s data-gathering program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. spy program that sweeps up vast amounts of electronic communications survived a legislative challenge in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the first move to curb the surveillance effort since a worker leaked detai…
Advisory: North Carolina voter law story withdrawn
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – With reference to the story headlined “North Carolina Senate approves tough election law”, the bill has not yet passed the state Senate.
Obama seeks second-term jolt with economic speech
GALESBURG, Illinois (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama sought to inject momentum into his economic and domestic policy agenda on Wednesday with a speech designed to clarify his vision for his second term and hammer Republicans in the House of Repr…
U.S., Vietnam to intensify talks despite protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Vietnam have agreed to intensify talks on a regional free-trade agreement in hopes of finishing by the end of the year, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office said on Wednesday, following a call by labor and…
Senator, Pentagon fight proposed change to sex assault case rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday released letters from Pentagon officials defending the military’s system for handling sexual assault cases, fending off a fellow Democratic senator’s plan for …
Obama halts delivery of F-16s to Egypt amid unrest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has halted the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in the strongest signal yet of U.S. impatience with Egypt’s armed forces after its toppling of President Mohamed…
Obama says will name Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Japan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would name Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, as ambassador to Japan, lending the prestige of a storied political dynasty to the relationship with an impo…
Republican McConnell gets another election foe, from Tea Party
(Reuters) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, already facing a stiff challenge from a Democrat in the 2014 Kentucky U.S. Senate election, on Wednesday found himself facing another foe supported by the conservative Tea Party movement.
